| 100% | THEBATTLEOF | 11 | With 29-Across, subtitle of the final installment of the "Hobbit" trilogy: 3 wds. |
| 50% | CALLMEBY | 8 | With 35-Across, subtitle of 15-Across that is also the title of a 2017 romance film: 3 wds. |
| 47% | BYTHEWAY | 8 | The fourth album John Frusciante (birthday today) released with 31-Across, which he says was one of the happiest times of his life: 3 wds. |
| 46% | HEADABOVEWATER | 14 | 2019 album by 30-Across with the hit single of the same name (3 wds.) |
| 45% | PARTOFME | 8 | Subtitle of the 2012 Katy Perry concert movie: 3 wds. |
| 45% | NEVERSAYNEVER | 13 | Subtitle of the 2011 Justin Bieber concert movie: 3 wds. |
| 45% | THISISUS | 8 | Subtitle of the 2013 One Direction concert movie: 3 wds. |
| 44% | THESIXTHMAN | 11 | Fifth installment of the "King and Maxwell" series by 31-Across (3 wds.) |
| 44% | MANTEL | 6 | Hilary who wrote “The Mirror and the Light,” the final installment of her “Wolf Hall” trilogy (March, 2020) |
| 44% | HARDKNOCKLIFE | 13 | Subtitle of the second album in a three-part semiautobiographical series by 39-Across (3 wds.) |
| 44% | FOLIEADEUX | 10 | Subtitle of the 2024 sequel to the 2019 film "Joker" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | DAWNOFJUSTICE | 13 | Subtitle of the 2016 film "Batman v Superman": 3 wds. |
| 42% | DONTSTOP | 8 | With 47-Across, Journey song that was the soundtrack to the final scene of 27-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MURDER | 6 | With 23-Across, subtitle of the first season of "American Horror Story" |
| 42% | RICHHOMIEQUAN | 13 | Atlanta rapper with the hit "Type of Way": 3 wds. |
| 41% | ZANDERSECHRIST | 14 | 19-Across pitcher who had a 3.12 season ERA and was the winning pitcher of the final game of the 2024 Men's College World Series (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THEOTHERTWO | 11 | HBO Max comedy starring 16-Across and 28-Across about a family dealing with the sudden fame of a younger sibling (3 wds.) |
| 41% | CORNELIAFUNKE | 13 | Novelist of 18-Across and the "Inkheart" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 41% | WAKANDA | 7 | With 15-Across, subtitle of the 2022 "Black Panther" sequel |
| 41% | WINNERSATWAR | 12 | Subtitle of the current season of "Survivor," which sees 20 past champions back to battle it out: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ONTHEBEACH | 10 | 1959 film with Ava Gardner as one of the last survivors of a nuclear war: 3 wds. |
| 40% | AURORADAWN | 10 | Debut novel by 43-Across subtitled "Or, the True History of Andrew Reale" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | HOMECOMING | 10 | Subtitle of the 2017 installment of the Spider-Man film franchise |
| 40% | SECOND | 6 | With 34-Across, subtitle of the fall 2015 season of 16-Across (each contestant was eliminated in a previous season) |
| 40% | KCANDTHE | 8 | With 40-Across, group whose "Please Don't Go" was the first "Billboard" #1 hit of the 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 40% | HEREWEGOAGAIN | 13 | Subtitle of the 2018 "Mamma Mia!" sequel (4 wds.) |
| 40% | PEEWEEREESE | 11 | Hall of Fame shortstop who played his entire career with the Dodgers (1940-1942, 1946-1958): 3 wds. |
| 40% | PRETZEL | 7 | Snack item with shapes at the last parts of 20- and 50-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 40% | DRIVETO | 7 | With 37-Across, subtitle of a hit Netflix documentary series about Formula 1 racing (2 wds.) |
| 40% | THANKUNEXT | 10 | 29-Across hit single that's the final track on 17-Across (3 wds.) |